4-km AIRPACTvs

12-km AIRPACT

Both with dynamic boundary conditions from MOZART-4Figures created on 5/29/2011 (corrected corrupted JPROC input file)

New 4-km Domain Old 12-km Domain

Old12-km

North-South BordersNew4-km

North-South BordersGRIDDESC content is:' ''LAM_49N121W' 2 30.000 60.000 -121.000 -121.000 49.000' ''AIRPACT_04km''LAM_49N121W' -342000.000 -942000.000 4000.000 4000.000 285 258 1' '

AIRPACT-4 vs AIRPACT-3  AIRPACT-3 AIRPACT-4Grid cells 95x95 12-km grid cells 285x258 4-km grid cellsVertical Layers 21 layers 21 layersMCIP v3.3 v3.6SMOKE v2.1 (LAYPOINT v2.4) v2.7

CMAQ v4.6v4.7.1 updated according to Carlton et al, ES&T 2010.

Mass adjustment (CMAQ) denrate yamoAnthropogenic Emissions 2005 from Ecology, IDEQ,

ODEQ2007 from Ecology, IDEQ, ODEQ

Fire Emissions None NoneBiogenic Emissions BEIS-3 MEGAN v2.1CMAQ run time

8 processors on breezy 96 processor on aeolus3.5 hours for 64-hour run 2.5 hours for 24-hour run

System Wall Clock Time 8 hours TBDStorage Requirement for 24-hour Run

Emission 1.1 GB 891 MB MCIP 428 MB 3.6 GB CMAQ 2 GB 27 GB

CMAQ 4.7Foley, K. M.; Roselle, S. J.; Appel, K. W.; Bhave, P. V.; Pleim, J. E.; Otte, T. L.; Mathur, R.; Sarwar, G.; Young, J. O.; Gilliam, R. C.;

et al. Incremental testing of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system version 4.7. Geosci. Model Dev. 2010, 3, 205–226.

Incremental test simulations over the eastern United States during January and August 2006

Particulate sulfate predictions are improved across all monitoring networks during both seasons due to cloud module updates.

Numerous updates to the SOA module improve the simulation of seasonal variability and decrease the bias in organic carbon predictions at urban sites in the winter. Bias in the total mass of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is dominated by overpredictions of unspeciated PM2.5 (PMother) in the winter and by underpredictions of carbon in the summer.

The CMAQv4.7 model results show slightly worse performance for ozone predictions. However, changes to the meteorological inputs are found to have a much greater impact on ozone predictions compared to changes to the CMAQ modules described here.

Model updates had little effect on existing biases in wet deposition predictions.

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VOC/NOx Emissions

Craters of the Moon:Monoterpene, Isoprene, and Total VOC Comparison

Total VOC Isoprene

Monoterpene

Ozone

PM Emissions

PM Concentrations

Initial Summary– VOC/NOx emissions

• Urban NOx: AP4 > AP3, Urban VOC: AP4 < AP3 (VOC/NOX ratio decreases)

• Rural NOx: AP4 > AP3, Rural VOC: AP4 << AP3• MEGAN Isoprene < BEIS Isoprene (one location)

– O3 Concentrations• Urban O3 AP4 < AP3 and less than observed (but wintertime

conditions)• Rural O3 AP4 ~ AP3

– PM Emissions• Urban PM: AP4 < AP3• Rural PM: AP4 ~< AP3

– PM Concentrations• Urban PM: AP4 > observed and better than AP3